AbbyLanham
New Member
We are adding a shower to an old bathtub. It currently has tile that goes halfway up the wall, but the house was built in the 1930s, and there is no waterproof membrane behind the tile. And above the tile there is just wall. My husband wants to just re-grout the tile and paint the walls. He thinks that will be enough to protect the walls for the shower. However, I’m worried about re-selling the home, and the mold that could grow behind the tile. I want to put bathtub walls in, like a shower insert. We’d rather not pull the tile out and re-do it all. We have many other projects to do! What do you think is our best option? Do we need to put a waterproof membrane down before we put bathtub walls in? Would it be ok to put plywood on the top half of the wall to level the surface for the bathtub walls? I’d appreciate any advice. Thanks!